Reverend William Edward Soothill became Professor of Chinese at Oxford University. He was missionary of United Methodist Church at Wenchow and President of Imperial University of Shansi Province.He is also the author of: A Mission in China (1907), The Analects of Confucius (1910), China and West (1925) and China and England (1928) .

• Editor's PrefaceList of IllustrationsForeword by G.F. Hudson, M.A.Introduction by Professor W.E. Soothill, M.A., F.R.G.S., etc.1. Virtue and Passivity2. The Ancient Records3. The Book of Rites4. The Yüeh Ling: Part I: The Month's Observances5. The Yüeh Ling: Part II: The Ritual of Spring6. The Yüeh Ling: Part III: Summer, Mid-Season, Autumn, Winter7. The Calendar8. The Hall of Light: Its Origins9. The Hall of Light: The Significance of its Names10. The Hall of Light: Site and Structure11. The Hall of Light: In the Chou and Later Dynasties12. The Skyward Tower13. The Jade-Ring Moat14. The Early Sacrifices15. Worship in the Chou Period16. The Nature of the Sacrifices17. Shang Ti, Heaven, and Earth18. The Son of Heaven19. The Dragon20. Robes and Regalia21. The Performance of the Ritual22. The Principle of the Ritual23. The Roman Regia and Other ParallelsAppendicesI. The Hsia CalendarII. The Song of the Sky Pacer: or the Sky Poem of Steps in AstronomyIII. The References to Ti and Shang Ti in the Five Canons and Four BooksIV. Ancient Music and InstrumentsV. Chinese Texts(a) The Hsia Calendar(b) The Song of the Sky PacerAuthor's BibliographyIndex

Reverend William Edward Soothill became Professor of Chinese at Oxford University. He was missionary of United Methodist Church at Wenchow and President of Imperial University of Shansi Province.He is also the author of: A Mission in China (1907), The Analects of Confucius (1910), China and West (1925) and China and England (1928) .

• Editor's PrefaceList of IllustrationsForeword by G.F. Hudson, M.A.Introduction by Professor W.E. Soothill, M.A., F.R.G.S., etc.1. Virtue and Passivity2. The Ancient Records3. The Book of Rites4. The Yüeh Ling: Part I: The Month's Observances5. The Yüeh Ling: Part II: The Ritual of Spring6. The Yüeh Ling: Part III: Summer, Mid-Season, Autumn, Winter7. The Calendar8. The Hall of Light: Its Origins9. The Hall of Light: The Significance of its Names10. The Hall of Light: Site and Structure11. The Hall of Light: In the Chou and Later Dynasties12. The Skyward Tower13. The Jade-Ring Moat14. The Early Sacrifices15. Worship in the Chou Period16. The Nature of the Sacrifices17. Shang Ti, Heaven, and Earth18. The Son of Heaven19. The Dragon20. Robes and Regalia21. The Performance of the Ritual22. The Principle of the Ritual23. The Roman Regia and Other ParallelsAppendicesI. The Hsia CalendarII. The Song of the Sky Pacer: or the Sky Poem of Steps in AstronomyIII. The References to Ti and Shang Ti in the Five Canons and Four BooksIV. Ancient Music and InstrumentsV. Chinese Texts(a) The Hsia Calendar(b) The Song of the Sky PacerAuthor's BibliographyIndex